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Confirmed: Fatal Frame IV not coming to NA

Looks like our hopes have been dashed due to a Tecmo Rep sending out this statement.

"Nintendo holds the publishing rights to 'Fatal Frame Wii,' which was developed by Tecmo LTD. and Grasshopper Manufacture and released in Japan on July 31, 2008. Nintendo of America has since then decided not to publish the title in North America – consequently, the title will not be released in this territory. As the owner of the IP, Tecmo feels very unfortunate that the fans of the series in North America will not have a chance to play the game, but respects the final decision made by Nintendo of America."

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nintendohomie - 244 days 1 hour ago

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Noooo!!!!!

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Product - 244 days 1 hour ago

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Yea this was one on my list aswell.Bummer.

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FlameBaitGod - 244 days 1 hour ago

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Just get the Japanese one, and buy a Japanese dictionary and ull be good lol. Remember PS3 games aren't region lock!, good time to learn a new language!

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avantgarde84 - 244 days 1 hour ago

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Wow extremely disappointing

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Panipal2005 - 243 days 23 hours ago

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PS3 games might not be region-locked, but Wii games most certainly are.

And this is a Wii game.

Hopefully this shows game developers what happens if you're stupid enough to give exclusive publishing rights to Nintendo. They don't publish it and the money you spent creating the game gets flushed down the drain.

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animboo - 243 days 22 hours ago

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1.5 - i dont get nintendo..

just what the hell is their understanding of hardcore games, wii music, animal crossing, and wii fit? is that the so called core games that they were supposed to provide us nintendo fans. when the chance to really provide us with this great game they choice to F@#@ us fans and not release it in the US region.
Nintendo we the fans frickin love you for all the thoughts and for showing us the fans what we really mean to you..hope you are swimming in your money that you got from casual gamers while continuing to shaft us the core gamers, thank you..

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SaiyanFury - 243 days 20 hours ago

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Way to go, Nintendo. Deny yet another core series access in the west. The Fatal Frame series is my favourite survival/horror series, period. I would have played this on my wife's Wii, but now I'll keep to the PS2 games. Too bad. My heart goes out to Tecmo, who obviously wanted to expose those gamers to it's experience.

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mrnintendo96 - 243 days 5 hours ago

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1.7 - WTF!! Nintendo, How Could You Fail Us!!!

First Wii Music, now this. I actually agree with aniboo!!

@ Kamikaze135. Wii games sell, but they just take time to sell very well. They don't sell very well at launch, but build up over months. Idiot.

Being a American sucks right now!!!

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Product - 244 days 1 hour ago

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What kinda sucks is Tecmo looks like they wanted it in NA.

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qface64 - 243 days 23 hours ago

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i did want the game but in all honesty im not really surprised at all
i mean the fatal frame fanbase isn't all that big its actually pretty small so it wouldn't have really sold well at all

unless it was a huge name tittle those sell good based of the name alone

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BeNice - 243 days 16 hours ago

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2.2 - hey product

consider the possibility that perhaps this is an announcement nintendo wants to make at e3 and that tecmo just ruined it for nintendo?

Just a thought.

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Kamikaze135 - 244 days 1 hour ago

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3 - YES!

Thanks for not giving a damn about the hardcore fans, Nintendo. You're great.

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avantgarde84 - 244 days 1 hour ago

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I dont understand why this doesnt come out over here. Do we not have a large enough fatal Frame base?

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Kamikaze135 - 244 days 1 hour ago

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3.2 - @avantgarde84

Honestly, the Wii is targeted towards casuals. Look at how Dead Rising and Mad World sold on the Wii.....horribly. Fatal Frame IV would sell like crap as well, so you can't really blame Nintendo for not bringing it over. Still....I can't help but to feel that slight twitch of disappointment. I know the Wii is selling like hot cakes, but when I think about Nintendo's console now, I can't help but think "Oh, how the mighty have fallen".

Nintendo: Yeah! We're family friendly and make sure your kids are safe while they're playing online. We love all of our fans!!!!

*behind closed doors*

Nintendo: Lol, as long as they bring us money we'll say what they wanna hear!

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avantgarde84 - 244 days 1 hour ago

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That doesnt make any sense though why would you complain about copies not being sold when your not releasing a game in all regions stripping it from potential copies sold?

Madworld btw isnt doing as bas as people think. Especially seeing as its banned in Germany and Australia and not even being considered for Japan release.

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Kamikaze135 - 244 days ago

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3.4 - It isn't doing bad?

If it can't be released in two regions and is doing poorly in sales in the US....how is that doing good? Lol. I mean, yeah, sales don't matter to gamers, but they matter to developers. Poor sales for hardcore games = more mini games for the Wii.

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SonyRulz - 244 days 1 hour ago

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5 - Just one more reason....

...NINTENDO SUCKS.

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Xandet - 244 days 1 hour ago

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6 - What a load of horses**t!

So let me get this straight.. you release a unique, somewhat popular game onto the market called Fatal Frame. A small fanbase rises in the US. You release a sequel.. series gets a larger fanbase. You release yet another sequel, yet again increasing the fanbase outside the country it was developed in. You then proceed to allow some big shot company to gain exclusive rights to the next installments. The big shot company for some reason decides to screw all the fans outside Japan excited for a new Fatal Frame, and you can do nothing about it. Smooth s**t right there.. oh well. Just another reason to not turn on my Wii for another God knows how long.

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The_Firestarter - 244 days ago

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That's EXACTLY what I've been thinking. Well said, Xandet. +bubbles

I was bummed when I originally found out that Fatal Frame 4 was an exclusive for the Wii. I love Dead Space, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill, but I have never been as scared as when I played Fatal Frame 2.

I can only pray there'll be a PS360 Fatal Frame within the foreseeable future.

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These are hardcore games that should be coming out for ALL Wii owners. Oh well, at least my region can enjoy them.

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patronnessy - 244 days ago

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Wasn't going to buy this game anyway since it wasn't coming on ps3/360

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animboo - 244 days ago

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wtf nintendo...!!!!!!!!

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Dick Jones - 244 days ago

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10 - Thank Goodness.

Its about time Nintendo started representing all us girls and moms who are buying all these Wiis by keeping violent garbage like this off our cute lovable system.

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Shadow Man - 244 days ago

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11 - I would of love it

if they made a ps3 and xbox360 version

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Panipal2005 - 243 days 23 hours ago

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"Nintendo holds the publishing rights to 'Fatal Frame Wii,' which was developed by Tecmo LTD. and Grasshopper Manufacture and released in Japan on July 31, 2008."

Fatal Frame WII. Hmmm, it'd be great if they could whip up a PS2 version and publish it themselves in whatever regions they wanted to. Without Nintendo being able to do a damn thing about it because of whatever rights they hold or some silliness like that.

Then the game goes on to sell BIG, making Nintendo look like even bigger brainless jerks than they already do.

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condorstrike - 243 days 23 hours ago

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13 - The last drop in the bucket.

of course...

talk about loosing their fan-base, Nintendo must be ran by idiots or something, they're starting to loose steam, and don't know that by the time this gen is over, those 7-8 year olds that bought the Wii are going to be teenagers and I hope they don't sell Sh!t, I was a big supporter of the Wii, and now I see it was in vein... what a waste.

Back to my X360 then till The Conduit comes out.

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KidMakeshift - 243 days 22 hours ago

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14 - Look on the bright side

At least we have Escape From Bug Island... oh, wait

I wouldn't confirm this just yet. Until I see it on a major game site I'll remain confident that it will end up here.

It's coming to Europe so there's no reason why it won't show up here

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Luna Valhalla - 243 days 21 hours ago

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There is an article on IGN about it here:
http://uk.wii.ign.com/artic...

Nintendo said there were no plans for Project Zero IV in Europe as well, but like someone else said, maybe we'll see a PS3 'remake' at some point. Tecmo are quite into that at the moment.

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sidar - 243 days 12 hours ago

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But didn't Nintendo secure exclusivity by publishing it?

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sinncross - 243 days 22 hours ago

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Tecmo, just 'remake' it on the PS3.

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addnewman - 243 days 21 hours ago

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wait what about europe i need to know cos this game is so high on my buy list!!!

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mastiffchild - 243 days 21 hours ago

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I think it's been confirmed for Europe. Last week, IIRC, in a French site/mag they had an ad and release date for it.

We also, for what it was worth, got disaster when the US didn't even though both London and Madrid have suffered at the hands of terrorists more recently than the US.

Maybe costs for production(it'll be PAL for Europe I guiess-like Japan is part of this. I also think there's a reasonable fanbase in the EU as well yet you'd think all that localisation would take it's toll.

Whatever, it's another kick in the teeth for US Wii owners from Reggie the tool. Surely for what's been a widely lauded return to form for the series they could have taken a loss? They're hardly short of a few bob and this is exactly the chance they needed to show the core fans they do care. Sadly AC s as hardcore as Reggie wants you to get. He's prolly laughing his fa head off at Madworld selling so poorly as well.

Just wait-you prolly won't even get S&P2! F%^$ you NOA.

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The Great Melon - 243 days 20 hours ago

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Shoot, I was really looking forward to playing this game. Hopefully this will only be a temporary set back and the game will manage to eventually be released over here.

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Servbot - 243 days 20 hours ago

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There's just no excusing Nintendo for this. I wonder how it feels to be in first place, and yet be hated by the gamers that made your company what it is today.

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sleewok - 243 days 18 hours ago

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19 - NA?

Since when do we refer to the United States as NA? How about something like US or USA? Makes sense to a lot more people.

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LONEWOLF231 - 243 days 17 hours ago

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WTF!!! Are you serious???
I mean i already have the JPN version BUT i can understand very little Japanese.....man i was extremely excited that this would hit our shores soon.......*sad*

Its a really good game by the way.

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Shnazzyone - 243 days 15 hours ago

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*swear* *swear* ^swear* WHAT THE HELL!?!? I wanted that... nintendo stop being stupid... if you are releasing Fatal frame IV for europe why can't you release it for us!?!?!? all you have to do is change a few word spellings!! Sigh guess i'll import it from europe... no japanese to learn then.

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kesvalk - 243 days 15 hours ago

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man, today is the day os ridiculous gaming news?

first the re5 vs thing, now nintendo decides, for some reason only known to god that they will not release a game on the US... good move nintendo...

you guys are stupid? and this is coming from a fanboy goddanmit!

man, sometimes i wish i could puch iwata in the face...

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hatchimatchi - 243 days 15 hours ago

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how effing lame. I've been waiting for this game for the longest.

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BrotherNick - 243 days 14 hours ago

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It's not a game I'm interested in, but I feel bad for the people who wanted it. :\

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Deios - 243 days 13 hours ago

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WTH!!! You gotta be kidding me Nintendo.

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sidar - 243 days 12 hours ago

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Thats just lame, but neither did they wanted Disaster Day of crises...
Reggie must be F things up xD.

To bad though i was looking forward to it...
Although i live in Europe.

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hatchimatchi - 243 days 5 hours ago

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"although i live in europe"

if thats meant to be hinting at buying the game when its released there, cause of the french nintendo magazine AD. Well that has been confirmed to have been a mistake. Our only option is to learn japanese and import.

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sidar - 242 days 22 hours ago

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No, i was just saying that this article was concerning NA, its still lame.

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lizard81288 - 243 days 2 hours ago

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i was interested in this too. the wii is easy to mod, to make it region free, so no biggie really, if you wanted it, although you'll have to pay more to import it, but it should have english in the PAL version. so if you really want the game, then mod your wii.

i thought nintendo was going to do a little more hardcore rep. this game doesn't come off to me as over the top gore either. i wonder why nintendo did this.maybe nintendo wants to make a game like this, but they would have gumdrops, rainbows and unicorns you can take pictures of.
:>

Madworld isn't selling for a few other reasons too, not just the kiddies didn't want it. one of the biggest complaints are, its too gory, like adding violence for the sake of violence, which turned some people off, and the fact that it is a 5 hour game, for $50.

i haven't bought madworld yet, since i don't have the money, also a 5 hour game for $50??? maybe if it was $40 or something more people might have bought it, alot of people are waiting for a price drop too.

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hatchimatchi - 243 days 1 hour ago

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27.1 - there is no PAL version

the ad in the french mag from a few weeks ago was confirmed to be a mistake

http://news.spong.com/artic...

http://www.cameraslens.com/...

"The announcement appeared by mistake in the official Nintendo magazine in France. There are currently no plans to launch Project Zero 4 in Europe."

like i said in a previous post, our best bet is to learn japanese and import the game. There's playthrough's of the game on youtube.

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